One of the tools that I use with my students to support collaboration is a website called titan pad. The website to access it is www.titanpad.com . It is super easy to use and allows your students to collaborate on a single document at the same time. It also helps teach respect and responsibility becasue the students have to be careful not to write over each other. It is a tool that I use a lot in my classroom that I really like.
Another site that I really like and have my students use on a regular basis is sciencespot.net . I have them go to the kid zone if they need reinforcement on a concept. They like it because it uses kids friendly words and pictures, and I like it because it has really good information. It also has a huge database of lessons for teachers to use also.
Another tool that I use to engage my students is brainpop.com. My school has a subscription so i will use the videos as introduction into a lesson or topic. I like them because they are very short. The videos often prompt my students to ask questions and start thinking about the topic. The videos do not give them information in depth just a surface introduction so it serves as a jumping in spot for the content.
The final site that I found and am going to use with my students is http://museumbox.e2bn.org/. It is a site that allows students to create virtual museum exhibits. I have also used it to help my students find a way to support an argument. They put a claim on one side of the box and then use the remaining sides to support their claim. The students like it a lot.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
The Heat is On
The question that I was interested in as an extension from this lab was: What other items might you like to test, other than water? For example, do you think spaghetti or hot dogs might react the same as or differently than hot water? Why might these items cool faster or stay hot longer?
I was interested in this question because I can remember as a kid going to school having my mom send hotdogs in my lunch box. She would heat up water to boiling and then put in in my thermos and put the hotdogs in the thermos also. Then when it was lunch time I would get the hotdogs out and have them for lunch. I remember also being worried that they wouldn't be ready or any good but they always were.
As I think about using lessons like this in my classroom, I think stories like this are important. At the time when i was in school, I didn't have any idea what was happening in my thermos, but my mom did. I think that my students would be very engaged in test a scenario like this and in hearing my story.
I was interested in this question because I can remember as a kid going to school having my mom send hotdogs in my lunch box. She would heat up water to boiling and then put in in my thermos and put the hotdogs in the thermos also. Then when it was lunch time I would get the hotdogs out and have them for lunch. I remember also being worried that they wouldn't be ready or any good but they always were.
As I think about using lessons like this in my classroom, I think stories like this are important. At the time when i was in school, I didn't have any idea what was happening in my thermos, but my mom did. I think that my students would be very engaged in test a scenario like this and in hearing my story.
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